Ashur

Ashur was the main deity of the Assyrians and their god of war. He was worshipped mainly in the northern half of Mesopotamia, and the city of Assur was named after him. Initially, he was the tribal god of the Assyrians, and he was initially a god-patron of hunting, but, during the incessant fighting of the Late Bronze Age, he became the warrior-god of the Assyrian Empire.